Hard to believe

I wish that I could say “this is so stupid it can’t be true” but sadly it is, and sadder still, I have no trouble believing it. Pls read this, and sign the petition linked at the end.

Meatloaf

At 63, still rocking out.

Joined in with 10,000 other folk at Wembley last night to appreciate the latest tour from the big man. You know you’re in for a good session when Bat Out Of Hell comes third in the set! Patti Russo back with the team too. And free copies of the album.

If you havn’t caught the tour,  scope for tickets now. Bought ours six months ago via Planet  Rock’s website but there were spaces so I guess you might still find some on sale.  Tour dates here.

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BBC get the wrong guy again.

On the same day James Naughtie stepped on his rick and tripped over his tongue, the BBC have once again interviweed the wrong person on air. World at One attempted to interview Mike Crockhart and ended up speaking to someone without a clue. Here’s the Guardian‘s article.

I propose them for this year’s Guy Kewney award. Given the way things are going, maybe it should be awarded monthly…

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Political honesty (lack of)

I have a brand new bee in my bonnet.

Two classes of people seem determined to fail to understand how coalition government works. I can’t tell if it’s stupidity or they’re deliberately doing it because they think it’s a reasonable form of “opposition”.

1) The Lib Dem voter

These people keep cropping up as commentators on radio and TV or vox-pops, saying “we didn’t vote for XXX so the LibDems shouldn’t be doing it”. The latest offender is Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on Radio2 today. She’s having a go at Vince Cable as it is announced that he may abstain on the vote on his OWN proposal.

But even a ten year old should be able to realise that as SecState he has to put forward the policies of the government. The coalition agreement then permits him to not have to vote for it! If he were a tory minister this would be hypocracy. As he’s a Lib Dem, it’s a realistic result of the situation, and the LD voters should be glad that he is able to abstain in the vote, and isn’t forced by whip and party policy to support it.

In summary, Dear LibDem voter in the street, take note, that election we just had? YOU DIDN’T WIN! If we had a majority LD government every compaint I’m hearing would be valid. Go out and get your mates and family to vote LD next time and just maybe…

2) The opposition.

Hey, see above, the nature of the coalition government is clear enough, it isn’t even secret, it’s available here for all to see. As such, you’re not fooling anyone when you cast about suggesting that LD members are behaving oddly with respect to their manifesto and stated policies and preferences.  Stop wallowing around in your “it’s so unfair” gloom, get over the fact that you (entirely deservedly) lost the last election, and start being a proper opposition who point out real flaws and put forward realistic alternatives. Or resign yourselves to not getting back into government for some time – the main reason you were in as long as you were is because the other lot never got the hang of being a half way credible opposition. Learn from them, or flounder.

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BT Bypass Numbers are passing by

BT are withdrawing their Bypass Numbers.

If you know what these are, and will miss the service, note that Wizards have an alternative service!

If you don’t know…

A Bypass Number is a second phone number on your ordinary BT phone line, which bypasses (clever, eh?) any diversions or blocks on the line.

So you can take the “divert” service and have all incoming calls forwarded to your mobile, or to your in-laws whilst you’re visiting, say, but anyone knowing the bypass number can dial that and it still rings on the main line, ignoring the “divert”. So you can still phone home even if you forgot to cancel the divert!!

Only BT are withdrawing the service. They offer, instead, their CallSign service. But this isn’t the same at all!!

So the good news is, with Wizards Inbound Call Routing service, you can achieve the same results, and use other featuers as well!!!!

Full details at on the Wizards website.

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Wizards sells Flexor

Flexor from Camrivox is a CTI “add in” that links your new Snom VOIP phone to Outlook. With Flexor in place

  • You can dial any number in your Outlook contact database by just clicking with the mouse, then pick up the handset (or use the headset) – no need to read the number off the screen and type it into the phone.
  • An incoming call will pop up a small window near the clock and that’ll show you the caller’s number (if available) and, if the number is found in Ouutlook, it’ll show you the name of who is calling. You can also click in thus window to accept or reject the call, especially useful if you have a headset as you don’t need to touch the phone itself to action the call.
  • If enabled, Flexor will also create a Journal entry in Outlook noting that an incoming or outgoing call took place, which contact it relates to, and allow you to add a quick note.

Wizards has a Centrex service.

After reviewing a number of offerings on the market Wizards has decided to offer FeaturePlus as it’s centrex VOIP service.

We feel FeaturePlus provides the best range of features, a very straightforward web control panel, and a sensible price.

If you want a single VOIP phone or two or three for a small office, FeaturePlus is up your street.

More information here.

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